Jose L Gongora-Alfaro
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Valadez-Lemus R, Gongora-Alfaro J, Jimenez-Vargas J, Alamilla J, Mendoza-Munoz N
PLoS One
. 2025 Feb;
20(2):e0316389.
PMID: 40019891
Depression poses a significant global health challenge, affecting an estimated 300 million people worldwide. While amitriptyline (Ami) remains one of the most effective antidepressants, its numerous side-effects contribute to a...
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Parra I, Martinez I, Vasquez-Celaya L, Gongora-Alfaro J, Tizabi Y, Mendieta L
Neurotox Res
. 2023 Jan;
41(2):187-200.
PMID: 36662412
It is now well recognized that a bidirectional relationship between gut microbiota and the brain, referred to as the gut-brain axis, plays a prominent role in maintaining homeostasis and that...
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Cuevas-Carbonell S, Vasquez-Celaya L, Garcia-Lopez D, Granados-Patron D, Garcia-Miss M, Alvarez-Cervera F, et al.
Neuroscience
. 2022 Nov;
507:79-98.
PMID: 36370934
Gut dysbiosis is considered a risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD), and chronic treatment with probiotics could prevent it. Here we report the assessment of a probiotic mixture [Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus...
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Reyes-Mendez M, Herrera-Zamora J, Osuna-Lopez F, Aguilar-Martinez I, Gongora-Alfaro J, Navarro-Polanco R, et al.
Synapse
. 2022 Sep;
77(1):e22250.
PMID: 36085433
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the most important circadian clock in mammals. The SCN synchronizes to environmental light via the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT), which is an axon cluster derived from...
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Reyes-Mendez M, Herrera-Zamora J, Osuna-Lopez F, Navarro-Polanco R, Mendoza-Munoz N, Gongora-Alfaro J, et al.
Eur J Neurosci
. 2021 May;
54(2):4497-4513.
PMID: 33998729
The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the leading circadian pacemaker in mammals, which synchronizes with environmental light through the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). Although the SCN regulates circadian rhythms before birth,...
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Parra-Paz V, Calderon-Sauri A, Granados-Patron D, Cuevas-Carbonell S, Garcia-Lopez D, Dawn-Ojeda A, et al.
Food Res Int
. 2021 Mar;
140:110066.
PMID: 33648289
Blueberries (BB) are rich in antioxidant polyphenols, and their intake could prevent Parkinson's disease (PD). Here we assessed whether rats chronically fed dried raw BB develop resistance to dopaminergic denervation...
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Aguilar-Martinez I, Reyes-Mendez M, Herrera-Zamora J, Osuna-Lopez F, Virgen-Ortiz A, Mendoza-Munoz N, et al.
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
. 2020 May;
237(7):2173-2185.
PMID: 32388621
Rationale: We have previously shown that in rats, capsaicin (Cap) has antidepressant-like properties when assessed using the forced swimming test (FST) and that a sub-threshold dose of amitriptyline potentiates the...
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Reyes-Mendez M, Castro-Sanchez L, Dagnino-Acosta A, Aguilar-Martinez I, Perez-Burgos A, Vazquez-Jimenez C, et al.
Physiol Behav
. 2018 Aug;
195:158-166.
PMID: 30138635
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channels have been implicated in depression and anxiety. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antidepressant-like properties of the TRPV1 agonist capsaicin...
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Heredia-Lopez F, Alvarez-Cervera F, Colli-Alfaro J, Bata-Garcia J, Arankowsky-Sandoval G, Gongora-Alfaro J
Behav Res Methods
. 2015 Nov;
48(4):1631-1643.
PMID: 26563396
Continuous spontaneous alternation behavior (SAB) in a Y-maze is used for evaluating working memory in rodents. Here, the design of an automated Y-maze equipped with three infrared optocouplers per arm,...
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Hernandez-Chan N, Bannon M, Orozco-Barrios C, Escobedo L, Zamudio S, de la Cruz F, et al.
J Biomed Sci
. 2015 Jul;
22:59.
PMID: 26198255
Background: The neurotrophin Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) influences nigral dopaminergic neurons via autocrine and paracrine mechanisms. The reduction of BDNF expression in Parkinson's disease substantia nigra (SN) might contribute to...